In the wake of Ubuntu’s 9.10 release, many distributions were forgotten. But one distribution, in particular, keeps getting better and better under the radar. That distribution? Fedora. Just this week Fedora 12 was released, brining some serious improvements not only to the cutting edge distribution, but to Linux in general.
Upon installation you might not immediately [...]

Tags: distribution, Fedora, Linux
Categories: Knowledge, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems

As you have most likely seen on Ghacks, there are numerous ways to keep your Linux distributions up to date. There are new systems available such as the Ubuntu Software Center (see my article “The new Ubuntu Software Center“) that make installing software a piece of cake. But even with applications such as the USC [...]

Tags: apt, KDE, packagkit, repositories
Categories: Advice, Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Basic, software

If you’re like me (and I know you are) you have an endless assortment of passwords stored in your head. And, again, if you’re like me your age is defying your memory such that your brain isn’t always so quick to recall that endless stream of random characters you have for passwords (and you know [...]

Tags: password encryption, passwords, Security
Categories: Advice, Linux, Online Services, Open Source, Security

Nokia has finally released its Maemo5 based smartphone – the N900. Maemo is Nokia’s next generation mobile OS. It is a Linux-based platform that seeks to take on such juggernauts as the iPhone OS and the Android.
The N900 has intrigued the tech community and people in general with its bevy of features ever since it [...]

Tags: maemo5, n900, Nokia, preorder, smartphone
Categories: Gadgets, Linux, Mobiles, Nokia

Here on Ghacks I have mentioned a few tools that allow you to create various types of Linux CDs. Most of these tools allow you to create Live CDs that are either images of your current working distribution or tools to create a Live CD with special packages. But none of these tools, so far, [...]

Tags: custom CD, customized Linux, live cd, ubuntu
Categories: Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Advanced

KDE is not a desktop that should be overlooked. Not only did it completely redefine itself upon the launch of 4.x, it has added features that have made it unique in the land of desktops. But because KDE completely re-invented itself at version 4 it’s almost as if you have to consider this a completely [...]

Tags: desktop manager, KDE, linux desktop, ubuntu
Categories: Advice, Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Basic, software

For the longest time I refused to see the value in Twitter. Over the last six months I have changed my tune on that. Now I use Twitter primarily as a PR tool for my articles. And since my renewed belief in micro-blogging, I have found plenty of tools with which to enact with Twitter.
One [...]

Tags: cli, command-line, tweet, twitter
Categories: Desktop Manager, Linux, Online Services, Open Source, The Web, Tutorials Basic